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LOWE v. LOWNDES COUNTY BLDG. INSP. DEPT.

No. 1999-CA-01138-SCT.

760 So.2d 711 (2000)

Malcolm R. LOWE, II and Harriet Lowe v. LOWNDES COUNTY BUILDING INSPECTION DEPARTMENT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 16, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Dantone, Jr., Greenville, John Madison Brooks, III, Attorneys for Appellants.

Armstrong Walters, Columbus, Attorney for Appellee.

BEFORE PITTMAN AND BANKS, P.JJ. and MILLS, J.

BANKS, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. This case presents the question whether a county may be held liable in tort for damages for issuing a permit to perform work when it knows that the applicant who proposes to do the work is not duly licensed to perform the work in question. We answer in the affirmative.

I.

a.

¶ 2. This appeal arises out of a contract entered into between...

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